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While in Taiwan, Naomi had taken to starting her journal entries: “Once upon a time in Taiwan…” Which was wonderful! And funny and quirky and so totally Naomi.

If you’re traveling with kids who are abl...

I think you should do it!

I’ve never had a leak.

I’m not a scientist, I don’t know how anything works.

I think it’s theoretically either totally full or totally empty, since it’s the air that expands and...

We made it back from Taiwan! I thought we might never leave, and given the dumpling situation, it was a toss-up.

We were up at the crack of dawn shoving the last things into the suitcases, packing the ...

We got some new things in from Mr. Eggplants, a Taiwanese brand, including several PET tapes, and I’m so excited to have them in the shop (and on my desktop). Our first PET tapes in the shop were from ...

These waning days of summer! Is it waning? Or am I preemptively preparing myself for the emotional hurricane that comes with the end of another season, life swooshing past, me a paltry leaf in the win...

We (I) put off riding the famous Maokong Gondola, which takes you from the zoo to Maokong, because I was worried it was too warm. No air conditioning or fans, windows only cracked open at the top for ...

This is not really Taiwan related, but we’re in Taipei so it’s adjacent. Overlapping? Life’s threads are complex and I, for one, cannot untangle them.

Junia has recently developed this weird thing abou...

We have been in Taipei for some time now, and as we come to the end of it, I’m trying to cram in the last of the sights.

We haven’t been doing a great job of seeing all the wonderful tourist attraction...

We are still in Taipei, and after all these sweltering days and weeks, I’m finding we are acclimating. There’s this stereotype of rugged white Canadian men revealing their hairy legs to the snow outsi...

If there was a notebook made for adventure, it’s this one: the Traveler’s Notebook from Japan.

The Traveler’s Notebook is a system with a leather cover, and a variety of inserts you can select from to ...